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in respect

in respect prepositional phrase: by comparison, comparatively.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (obsolete) By comparison, comparatively.
    • they […] still think their melancholy to be most grievous, none so bad as they are, though it be nothing in respect […]., vol.1, New York, 2001, p.388

Words formed from in respect

Questions about in respect

What does in respect mean?
In respect means by comparison, comparatively.
What part of speech is in respect?
In respect is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in respect in the dictionary

  1. in regard to
  2. in regards to
  3. in relation to
  4. in rem
  5. in reserve
  6. in respect
  7. in respect of
  8. in retreat
  9. in retrospect
  10. in return
  11. in reverse

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